Between 12,000 and 11,000 ya, the climate associated with the waning Pleistocene changed, exemplified by
A) increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation.
B) decrease in temperature and decrease in precipitation.
C) increase in temperature and increase in precipitation.
D) decrease in temperature and increase in precipitation.
E) stabilization of earlier Pleistocene temperature and precipitation.

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Between 12,000 and 11,000 years ago, the climate transitioned from the Last Glacial Maximum towards the Holocene, characterized by an increase in both temperature and precipitation. This shift marked the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of more stable and warmer climatic conditions conducive to the development of human civilizations.

Between 12,000 and 11,000 Ya, the Climate Associated with the Waning